Wire tie for bundles of various kinds



Filed AUR- 21. 1924 k/A/ VENTO/2 6p ence/G Cary,

A rroRNEY.

IWYAR Apr 2 12 1927.

Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

SPENCER C. CARY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CARY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

` WIRE 'TIE FOR BUNDLES OF VARIOUS KINDS. j

Application led August 21, 1924.

This invention is a wire tie for bundles such as shocks, paper, shipping packages, and the like, wherein a tie wire under tension is precluded from cutting into the corners of the package, so as to result in injury to the components of the bundle, and at the same time is held securely upon said bundle, whereby said tie wire serves as an eiiicient binder for holding the bundles intact and for adding stability thereto.

The invention embodies a tie wire and a plurality of metallic corner members which in the serviceof the tie wireare positioned at the several corners of the package, said metallic members performing the prima-ry permitting the resistance member toV be slipped along the tie wire so as to occupy the required relation to the bundle or'package around the corner of which thel resistance member is bent to occupy a snug relation thereto. Said embedding-resistance member is economically manufactured by `stamping the same in the form of a fiat plate from a piece of sheet metal, and cutting and offsetting the metal of the plate to produce the delsired number of keepers,'the latter being integral with the plate and positioned in an offset relation thereto and in alinement with each other. f j

It is desirable to thread the tie wire easily and quickly through the keepers of the member. The operation of slitting and offsetting the keepers from the metal of the plate has a tendency to raise the edges of the metal adjacent the cut and offset portions which produce the keepers, such raised edges of the metal being -in the path of the tie wire so as to hinder, to an appreciable extent the free passage of said tie wire. In my invention such obstruction to the free passage of the tic wire is obviated by depressing 'he edges of the metal in an opposite direction to the offsetting of the keepers, the effect of Serial No. 733,275.

which is to produce lips extending in one direction from the plane of the plate, whereas the keepers extend inan opposite direction vfrom said plate, whereby the tie wire is adapted to be inserted with great ease and freedom through said keepers of the member.

Other functions and advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein- Figures 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views of my wire tie .in connection with dierent kinds of bundles.

Figure 4 is a -dctail plan view of the embedding-resistance plate constituting a part of the bundle tie.l

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

A is the tie wire and B are the members threaded on said wire and bendable at the corners of the bundle to preclude the tie `wire from sinking into the material of said bundle under the tension which is applied to said wire.

It should be stated that it is now common practice to apply a tie wire around, a packvage by placing tension on said wire Vand locking the ends of the wire together so as to retain said wire under the required tension, it being usual to employ wire tying machines of well known kinds for such vpurposes.

The application of wire ties under tension to certain kinds of packages results in injury .to the components of the package, such as asphalt shingles, shocks, paper, and, in fact, to shipping boxes composed of paper cartons or thin wooden Veneer boxes. In short, a wire tie is almost universally used by putting the same under tension around various -nents and the boxes when the tie is applied so tightly as to become embedded in the materials. To preclude such embedding of the tie wire, I provide the wire bearing plates'r l, and to secure co-operation between the' wire and the plates, the rlatter are constructed Cil as .shown in Figures al, and 5 with keepers C, two or more ot' which are proii'ided on each plate. The plate is stamped in a Single piece 'troni sheet metal to the required dimensions and torni, and at this stamping operation the plate is cut transversely on parallel lines as at c (see Figure 5), and the metal between such parallel cuts c is displaced to one side ot the plane ot the plate, i. e. is ollset laterally in a manner to produce the keepers C.

The operation of cutting the plate and 'otlsetting the keepers has aitendcncy in the ordinary cutting dies to raise a burr or tin at the lilies oi the cuts, which burr or lin protrudes to a certain extent 'trom that 'tace oit the plate on which the keepers are 'formed and which burr or tin is adjacent the keeper so as to lie in the path ot the tic wire when the latter is threaded through the lecpers, thus interfering;` to a marlted extent with the passage of the tie wire. In my invention this defect is overcome by dei'ircssine the metal to produce the lips l) which `are formed at the cut edges ot' the plate adjacent the keepers, as shown clearly in lfiejure The lips protrude 'from the plate in an opposite direction to 'the oti'sctting ot the keepers, and such lips are inclined with respect to the plane oit' the plate. whereby the lips perform the function ot' directing the tie wire toward the plane oli the top tace ot the plate should the end ot such wire have a tendency to strike against the cut edge when threading the tie wire in the keepers. The plate is composed ol sheet metal ot such character that is bendable easily in the hands of the workman, it being preferable to bend the plate transversely intermediate its ends, as indicated by the score line E of Figure 5, such line ot' bend being between the keepers C.

My invention is useful t'or bindingl many diii'erent kinds o'f bundles or paclnres` and as indicating;- the Inode ot use I have shown three examples in Figures l 2 and 3. A bundle of asphalt shine-les is shown in Figiure 1 as having` two oti the ties applied thereto; a bundle ot' paper or other 'flat material is shown as haringl two ties in Figure 2; whereas in Figure 3 there is shown a cartoiu box or other container coniposed oit `light material, such as paper board` thin wires around the bundle, bending' the plates i3 at the corners ol said bundle, placing tension on the tie wires, and fastening the meeting ends ot the tie wire. rI'he wires are applied tightly :tor the double purpose of compressing` the bundle to a certain extent so as to add to the strength and stability oit the bundle and to adapt the ties for holding themselves in place on the bundle and thus prevent said ties from becoming' displaced whether by shrinkage ot the components or material ot the bundle or by rough handlinpr in trans]iortation. The metal platesl are between the bundle and the wire ties and extend around the corners et the bundle to ailord bearing' suritaces tor the wires, whereby the plates are held Irictionally on the bundle and they act eliicicntly in prccludinfein the wire ties trom sinking' or embedding in the material ol? the bundle.

Although I have shown and described the, invention as adapted more particularly `tor round wire tics, it is apparent that a thin narrow band may be used by threading,r it through keepers ot appropriate size on metal plates, and that the ends oi. the narrow bands may be joined or sealed by appropriate means. i

My invention obviates the use otl boards on the top and the bottom of bundles for preventing;r the wires or bands from sinkingr into the material. The metal plates are cheaper and easier to handle than the top and bottom boards, and t-hey aii'ord protection to the corners of the bundle, it being well known that top and bottom boards are liable to slip out of place when tyingr the bundle and do not adequately protect the corners o'fi the package. i

Having: thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device ot the class described, a bearing member lor a tie con'lposed ot a single piece of: metal provided on one Jface with tie receivingr keepers and on the other tace with tie directing' lips said keepers and lios be ing co-operable in facilitating the threading ot the liiearinc; member upon a tie so as to slide freely thereon.

In testimony whereo't I have hereto signed my naine this lGt-h day ot August, 192i.

SPENCER C. C A IVX. 

